Learn the Qur’an from those who carry it.

Sheikh Ayad memorised and perfected the Qur’an in the recitations of Warsh ‘an Nafi‘ and Hafs ‘an ‘Asim under the Muqri’ of Algeria, Sheikh Yakhlef Charrati. He holds ijazah in Riwayat Warsh and the Qira’at of ‘Asim. Across more than thirty years of teaching in Algeria and the UK he has produced a wealth of qualified reciters, alongside imams and teachers of the Qur’an, drawing on a rare gift for teaching every age and level. He served for eight years as senior Qur’an instructor at the Imam Shatibi Institute in Fulham and for four years at the Jazari Institute in East London. He is currently senior lecturer in Qur’an at the Institute of Human Sciences in London. He studied Shariah under the late Mufti of Algeria, Sheikh Ahmed Sahnoun, holds a Master’s degree in Qur’anic Sciences and is completing a PhD in Islamic studies.

Sheikh Amr mastered the recitation and memorisation of the Qur’an in Egypt, where he obtained ijazah in numerous qira’at from leading scholars of the highest sanad, among them Sheikh Husam al-Din Shamekh al-Malool and Sheikh Adel Hashim in the ten minor and major qira’at. A professional and highly gifted teacher, his learning journey has given him deep insight into the most effective ways to carry a student through memorisation and sound recitation. He has led the Taraweeh prayers as imam of several mosques across the UK and Egypt for nineteen years.

Haaris completed his memorisation of the Qur’an at the age of sixteen and went on to earn his ijazah in Hafs ‘an ‘Asim from Sheikh Ayad. He has taught the Qur’an for over four years while studying the Islamic sciences under Sheikh Haroon Hanif and Sheikh Ibrahim Osi-Efa at the Micro-Madrasa in Liverpool, where he also leads the Taraweeh prayers. He is currently reading for a degree in Dentistry at the University of Liverpool.

Ustadha Chahrazed brings over two decades of teaching experience across the Qur’an alongside the Arabic and Islamic sciences, in both private and group settings, including specialised tajweed intensives. She has completed several khatmahs in the recitations of Warsh and Hafs under Sheikh Ayad and read Riwayat Hafs to Sheikh Ahmed Sa‘d al-Azhari. She holds an ijazah in Matn al-Jazariyyah with its commentary and studied aqeedah to ijazah under Sheikh Muhammad al-Hasan, son of al-Dedew al-Shinqiti.

Ustadha Fayrouz completed her memorisation of the Qur’an at the Shatibi Institute in Alexandria, Egypt, then a second khatmah studying al-Husun al-Khamsah with Sheikh Saied Hamza. After moving to the UK she obtained her ijazah in Riwayat Hafs on completing a third khatmah with Sheikh Amr, one of the academy’s founders. She has studied Tuhfat al-Atfal and the Jazariyyah and attended numerous courses in tajweed.